By now, you have probably seen Arizona Cardinals’ head coach Denny Green’s meltdown after his team blew a 20 point lead to the Bears over the final 17 minutes of the Monday Night game earlier this week. Even Houston Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy was impressed. “That was one of the best ones I’ve ever seen,” Van Gundy told the Houston Chronicle. “I loved that. It was great. I could feel his passion. I could feel the sting, too.”
Although Green’s tirade was entertaining, it really wasn’t one of the best coach rants of all-time. For example, Green’s performance is rank amateurism in comparison to the following:

The King of Tirades, former Indiana University and current Texas Tech basketball coach Bobby Knight, has a classic halftime speech here as well this collection of ten of his best tirades. And don’t miss this hilarious commercial that Coach Knight did for Minute Maid.
Not exactly a tirade, but no collection of coaching meltdowns is complete without former Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes going nuclear on a Clemson linebacker at the end of his final game as Ohio State’s head coach.
Former Colts coach Jim Mora’s famous tirade after his team lost a game by turning the ball over five times — “Playoffs? Don’t talk about playoffs. You kiddin’ me? Playoffs? I just hope we can win a game.”
This video includes a nice collection of tirades by former Raiders coach and current Nebraska coach Bill Callahan, former Jets coach Herm Edwards and former Saints coach Mike Ditka, among others.
Finally, one of the best ever, former Cubs manager Lee Elia’s tirade in 1983 over his club’s 5-14 start that season. Incredibly, Elia lasted several more months that season before being fired.